Dear all,

Further to my verbal report at the ICANN81 At-Large Wrap-up session, here is my written report of the GNSO Council's 13 November 2024 meeting.

Since the next ALAC Monthly Call is scheduled for 10 December, I am happy to take questions ahead or during or after that ALAC call - if raising by email, please do so in response to this email to ease follow up.

While Council had a very lengthy November meeting agenda (as updated below), I have concentrated on what I think are the key matters of interest to us in my report of outcomes. As it turns out, I am able to keep it really short. 

You can also read this report posted at the ALAC Liaison to the GNSO workspace, or by simply using the links included below to navigate to/around the November 2024 entry.

GNSO Council Meeting #11 of 2024 held on 13 Nov 2024 (as amended)

Full Agenda  |  Documents  |  Motions


Special Summary Report of 13 Nov 2024 Meeting to ALAC

For brevity, I will just highlight a few things here. For some of the issues, you can glean a wider perspective from GNSO Council Nov 2024 Matters of Interest and/or from GNSO Council Nov 2024 Meeting Records.  

1. Consent Agenda

  • Council voted unanimously to defer the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) Policy Development Process (PDP) Phase 2 for an additional 6 months

2. Expedited Policy Development Process on Internationalized Domain Names (EPDP-IDNs) Phase 2 Final Report

3. Latin Diacritics

  •  Council resolved to initiate a Policy Development Process for Latin Diacritics. This PDP to start as soon as its PDP WG Charter is approved by Council.
  • The WG charter is pending confirmation on 2 elements: (1) nature of the WG: whether Open or Open + Representative; and (2) clarity on narrow scope of PDP.

Action by ALAC Liaison: to report to ALAC if and when GNSO Council determines the charter of its PDP on Latin Script Diacritics and next steps

4. Uniform Domain-Name Dispute Resolution Policy (UDRP)

  • The Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP Phase 2 is the GNSO's intended review of the UDRP. Council posits that due to workload that GNSO is currently managing, the RPM PDP Phase 2 ought to be deferred for a further 6 months while Councilors considers how to improve upon the Policy Status Report (PSR) on RPMs PDP Phase 2 prepared by GNSO policy support staff.
  • Council noted that WIPO and the Internet Commerce Association (ICA) has announced that they are jointly reviewing the UDRP independently of GNSO. Some councilors were unperturbed by this development; others opined that the WIPO-ICA review output could help inform the RPMs PDP Phase 2 work.

5. DNS Abuse

  • As an AOB, I requested that Council reinitiate / reconstitute the GNSO Council Small Team on DNS Abuse, given that the INFERMAL Report has been released by ICANN org, which was one of the reasons for suspending the work of that small team. The GNSO Chair acknowledged my request and Council leadership will take it into consideration in organizing Council's work moving forward.

Action by ALAC Liaison: To report to ALAC if and when GNSO Council determines next steps on the Small Team on DNS Abuse.


Thanks for reading / considering.

Justine Chew
ALAC Liaison to the GNSO 
GNSO Liaison Report Workspace


On Sat, 2 Nov 2024 at 19:50, Justine Chew <justine.chew.icann@gmail.com> wrote:
Dear all,

Just a note to inform you that the agenda for the GNSO Council meeting 13 November 2024 is out.

It's going to be another item-packed meeting. For a curated version of the highlighted agenda items, please visit this link.

GNSO Council Meeting #11 of 2024 held on 13 Nov 2024

Full Agenda  |  Documents  |  Motions

  • Item 1: Administrative Matters
  • Item 2: Opening Remarks / Review of Projects List and Action Item List. 
  • Item 3: Consent Agenda
    • Motion to Defer the Rights Protection Mechanisms (RPMs) Policy Development Process (PDP) Phase 2 for an Additional Six Months
    • Motion to Adopt the Revised Charter for Permanent Standing Committee on Continuous Improvements (SCCI) 
  • Item 4: COUNCIL VOTE - Expedited Policy Development Process on Internationalized Domain Names (EPDP-IDNs) Phase 2 Final Report
  • Item 5: COUNCIL VOTE - Initiation of Policy Development Process for Latin Script Diacritics
  • Item 6: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - Policy Status Report (PSR) on Rights Protection Mechanisms PDP Phase 2
  • Item 7: COUNCIL DISCUSSION: Draft Charter on Latin Diacritics
  • Item 8: COUNCIL UPDATE: Registration Data Request Service (RDRS) Standing Committee Update
  • Item 9: COUNCIL DISCUSSION - GNSO Liaison to the Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC) Annual Report

  • Item 10: Any Other Business 

    • 10.1 - Update from GNSO Council Liaison to the Registration Data Policy Implementation Review Team

    • 10.2 - Ethics Policy & Statements of Interest (SOIs)

    • 10.3 - Review of Project Management Tools - Post-ICANN81

    • 10.4 - Farewell to Outgoing Councilors

    • 10.5 - Open Mic


This Council meeting will take place on 13 November at 10:15 - 12:15 UTC, during ICANN81 in Istanbul, and is open to observers both in-person and remotely in listen-only mode via Zoom. If you would like to observe the meeting, please check the ICANN81 Schedule for details.

Thanks for reading / considering.

Justine Chew
ALAC Liaison to the GNSO